Hey all,
I have a Yokogawa WT210 power meter that I'm trying to read from. I downloaded the Yokogawa drivers for the device from Labview's built in Instrument Driver finder, and can pull up the examples. I also have the appropriate cabling (DB25 to DB9 to USB) which works with other equipment (including a spectrophotometer I had to write drivers for myself - PITA). The issue is when I run the sample programs, nothing happens. I receive a timeout error from the first command that's sent to the device (*IDN?). If I wire a "False" to "ID Check?" the next command errors out in the same way. It's as if the device won't respond to any commands. I believe I have the instrument set up right (488.2 over serial in the "Local" settings menu - windows and device both have same baud rate, parity, etc - using default values). I've also looked over the manual a bit. I've seen other people on the forums get the sample programs working with little trouble, so I know the drivers are ok...anyone have any insights?
EDIT: It also won't work with one of the downloaded programs from the Yokogawa website, but then again, I have no idea if I'm using that software right. I haven't tried their WTViewer...or whatever it's called.
TG